LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

20.08 in. (51.00 cm.) (height) by 14.17 in. (36.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed with monogram and dated 1869 l.r.

Literature:

Art Journal, 1870, p.584; Athenaeum, 1870, p.165; Times, 18 May 1870, p.6; Cosmo Monkhouse, Sir Edward J. Poynter, President of the Royal Academy, His Life & Work, special Easter edition of Art Annual, 1897, p.14; Alison Inglis, 'Sir Edward Poynter and The Earl of Wharncliffe's Billiard Room', in Apollo, October 1987, p.250; Joseph A. Kestner, Mythology and Misogyny, The Social Discourse of Nineteenth-Century British Classical Painting, 1989, illustrated p.250; Julian Freeman, Life at Arm's Length, Sir Edward Poynter Bt, GCVO, PRA, 1836-1919, 1995, p.16

Provenance:

Charles E. Lees, Oldham, until his death in 1894, thence to his widow Dame Sarah-Anne Lees, until her death in 1935, thence to her daughter Miss Marjorie Lees, until her death in 1970; Sotheby's, 18 November 1970, lot 135 where bought by J.S. Maas, London; Private collection